Chapter 20 Peony Blossoms

"When she was fourteen years old, Shangguan Wan'er was reused by Wu Cong because of her intelligence and good writing, and she was in charge of the palace system, and had a relationship with Li Xian, the son of Wu Cong and the prince of Zhang Huai."

When Shangguan Xue said this, Ji Lin had already understood the ins and outs, and sighed again in his heart.

Shangguan Wan'er entered the palace at the age of fourteen and became a personal female official of Wucong, and when her love first opened, she saw the most men, except for Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, who was Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai.

That year, Shangguan Wan'er was round and jade, fourteen years old; That year, Li Xianrong was dignified and elegant, and he was twenty-four years old.

As Li Xian's attendant, Shangguan Wan'er had a new love, and had an unforgettable first love with Li Xian.

Three years later, on August 22, the twenty-seven-year-old Li Xian was deposed as the crown prince, and the dethronement edict that put him to death was drafted by the seventeen-year-old Shangguan Wan'er for Wu Zetian!

Three years of love turned into turbid wine, and no one knows what happened to the two in the past three years.

"When I met Wan'er, it was September of the year after Prince Zhang Huai was deposed, although there was a lot of ruthlessness in the ancient palace, but Wan'er's was quite strange at that time, so it was, so it was!"

Shangguan Xue has the same appearance and temperament as Shangguan Wan'er, and Ji Lin has no doubts that she is Shangguan Wan'er.

If Shangguan Xue's lineage is the descendant of Shangguan Wan'er and Prince Zhang Huai, then some of the mysteries of the year seem to have answers.

"In fact, since the Tang Dynasty, there are many branches of the Shangguan family scattered among the people."

"They are more or less related to Shangguan Wan'er, and I can't be sure if the records on the genealogy are true." Shangguan Xue smiled slightly.

"I don't know where Miss Wan'er's grave is? If possible, I'd like to go and pay a respect. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Lin still asked the question he was most concerned about.

"There are many branches of the Shangguan family, our lineage originated in Sanmenxia, Yuzhou, and then moved to Xianyang, and my parents eventually settled in Xiangjiang."

"The tomb of the ancestors is located in the territory of Weicheng, Xianyang, if he has leisure in the future, I will accompany Ji Lin to go to Xianyang."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Xue's face suddenly turned red, and secretly said that she was just a little woman waiting for the boudoir, if she brought a man back to her hometown, wouldn't it be easy for people to misunderstand?

Fortunately, there is no need to be in a hurry in this matter, otherwise Shangguan Xue really doesn't know what to do.

"Thank you." Ji Lin nodded, stood up and prepared to leave.

"Ji Lin, it's raining so hard outside, why don't you eat before leaving, okay?"

After hesitating for a moment, Shangguan Xue still said so, looking at Ji Lin with some expectation.

"This ......" Hearing this, Ji Lin frowned and hesitated.

At this time, it was getting late, Shangguan Xue was a beautiful woman, and although Ji Lin asked himself that his restraint was good, he was also a normal man.

It wouldn't be nice if something did happen later.

"Don't worry, my cooking skills are still good, antiques are all in the study, you can go and see it first to pass the time." Shangguan Xue said with a smile.

"It's fine." Ji Lin's heart moved, and he nodded and walked to the study.

The study is simple and elegant, and every detail is full of a strong Tang Dynasty style, which makes Ji Lin admire and slightly disappointed at the same time.

As Ji Lin expected, Shangguan Xue's home is mostly antiques from the Tang Dynasty, and there are not many antiques from the Song Dynasty, and they are all in the style of the Southern Song Dynasty, which has nothing to do with Master Li at all.

Among them, a scale in the study attracted Ji Lin's attention.

Legend has it that when Wan'er was about to give birth, her mother Zheng dreamed of a giant and gave her a scale: "Hold this to weigh the corporal of the world."

Zheng expects that in his womb, he must be a boy, and he will definitely be able to weigh the world's talents in the future.

Who knew that Zheng gave birth to the earth, but it was a daughter, and Zheng was very unhappy in his heart.

This daughter is more beautiful than her mother, and she has grown into a clever and clever child.

It was only a full moon after he was born, and Zheng hugged Shangguan Wan'er and said jokingly in his arms: "Can you weigh the corporal of the world?" Wan'er responded accordingly.

In the future, Shangguan Wan'er will focus on internal affairs, and evaluate the world's poetry and literature on behalf of the imperial court, and it is indeed "weighing the corporal of the world".

"It seems that Shangguan Xue is really Wan'er's descendant, yes."

When he saw this familiar and unfamiliar scale, the last trace of doubt in Ji Lin's heart disappeared.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty admired Taoism, and the great master of feng shui, Yuan Tiangang, and his apprentice Li Chunfeng were born, shaking the ancient and modern.

After Li Er ascended the throne as emperor, he ordered Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng to deduce the future national fortune of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the natural mutation was surging, and Ji Lin, who was visiting friends in Chang'an, was shocked.

Yuan Tiangang saw that someone was coming, and hurriedly pushed Li Chunfeng's back, suggesting that he should not continue to calculate, so as not to leak the heavenly secret, so this picture was named "push 'back' map".

Although Ji Lin did not know the content of this map, the more he thought about it in the following decades, the more wrong it became, and he felt that the development of history had deviated somewhat from the original trajectory.

It wasn't until later that Shangguan Wan'er was beheaded by the emperor, and Ji Lin happened by chance. A scale was seen in Shangguan's relics.

Only then did Ji Lin suddenly realize that the reason why the Zheng family met the giant gift scale in his dream was a trick made by Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, the purpose of which was to continue Li Tang Jiangshan and recreate Shenzhou!

"Ji Lin, let's eat." Just as Ji Lin was pondering, Shangguan Xue's smile floated in the wind.

I have to say that Shangguan Xue's craftsmanship is very good.

In ancient times, the patriarchal society was quite restrictive to women, and the emphasis was on obeying the father, marrying the husband, and the husband following the son; Women's morality, women's words, women's appearance, women's labor.

The so-called "three obedience and four virtues" is a moral code of women's behavior that has lasted for thousands of years, and puts forward guiding principles for women's morality, behavior, and cultivation.

This principle is of far-reaching significance in the context of a specific era, but with the development of the times, these traditional Confucian thinking has obviously failed to keep up with the requirements of the times and has been abandoned by the world.

But I have to say that a woman who "goes to the hall and goes to the kitchen" is very attractive to men.

"The essence of Sichuan cuisine lies in the spicy and fresh fragrance, Shangguan Xue, you can not only perfectly combine these four, but also fill the dishes with a taste of the ancient Shu court, which is very rare."

Mapo tofu, back pot meat, boiled fish, and Dongpo elbow are just the simplest ingredients and accessories, but they have been turned into delicious dishes in Shangguan Xue's skillful hands.

There is an idiom called "the bell rings at its peak", which refers to the ancient wealthy nobles who played music and struck the bell when they ate, and there was a set of strict etiquette norms.

Since the silkworm cong of the king of Shu in the first Qin and Shu to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty culture of Shu has a long history, and there are really not many chefs who can make court dishes in this world.

"I grew up in Xiangjiang since I was a child, and my father found a master chef for me, and his family was the courtier of Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu in the late Ming Dynasty, so I ......" Shangguan Xue said this, and Ji Lin suddenly realized.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Zhang Xianzhong captured Jinjiang County, and Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, led his concubines to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well.

Some of the survivors fled to Xiangjiang and never returned to the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

"Although 'there is no China after Yashan, and there is no China after the death of the Ming Dynasty', the heyday of Sichuan cuisine was also in the Song Dynasty, but the court Sichuan cuisine of the Ming Dynasty is still very good."

The guests and hosts of this meal were happy, and the two talked happily during the banquet.

Ji Lin found that Shangguan Xue was worthy of being a family scholar and had studied the culture of the Tang Dynasty very exquisitely, while Shangguan Xue was shocked by the depth and depth of Ji Lin's knowledge.

The two of them had a tendency to hate each other, and when it came to the rise, Ji Lin couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine, and finally fell asleep on the table.

As a cultivator, Ji Lin can never get drunk.

But even Li Taibai knows the truth that "life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon", and it is not bad to be confused occasionally in life.

"Ji Lin is so handsome even when he falls asleep, no wonder so many people like him in the company." In the hazy eyes of drunkenness, Shangguan Xue sighed faintly, and she didn't know what she was sighing about.

……

When Ji Lin woke up, he found that he was actually in a strange room, which was clearly arranged in the style of a woman's bedroom.

"What happened last night?" Ji Lin got up and rubbed his slightly swollen temples, only to find that there was a big beauty on the side.

"Ji Lin?" Shangguan Xue opened her eyes dimly and found that Ji Lin was actually in her room, and she was stunned.

"Yesterday ......" The two of them blurted out at the same time, and they were both a little embarrassed.

"I'm going to make breakfast." Shangguan Xue fled from the room, leaving only Ji Lin standing in a daze.

"Turns out nothing happened yesterday." With the experience accumulated over the years, when this conclusion came to mind, Ji Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The love of children is beautiful and intoxicating, but for an old demon who has lived for 5,000 years, pain is greater than happiness, and it is better not to love each other.

"I hope Shangguan Xue doesn't think about it." Touching his nose, Ji Lin smiled bitterly, and secretly said that he must not get drunk again in the future.

Breakfast was spent in a silent atmosphere, and Shangguan Xue didn't know what to think in her heart, and the thousand-year-old iceberg that Ji Lin was familiar with returned again.

On the way to the company, there was a big traffic jam, and when the two stepped into the office one after the other, Ji Lin obviously felt the strange gaze of everyone.

"Ji Lin, you ...... Coming with Shangguan Xue? Lin Lulu grew her mouth, only to feel that there was a glass in her heart that snapped and shattered.

"Sort of." Ji Lin was a little depressed, and secretly said that now that he had a lot of fun, the entire office staff would probably think crookedly.

The so-called "gentleman is frank", Ji Lin asked himself "I am not afraid of shadows", and he did not mean to explain to everyone.

Shangguan Xue is also as close to people as in the past, so naturally it is impossible to explain, the atmosphere in the office on this day is very strange.

It's just that Ji Lin obviously has a gloomy gaze behind him, sweeping towards him from time to time.

Don't have to guess, Ji Lin also knows who the owner of this gaze is.

"Ji Lin, I didn't expect you to get Shangguan Xue's 'head' chip."

"But as long as you don't get married for a day, then I still have a chance." Guo gritted his teeth proudly, his eyes a little hideous.

"Ji Lin, the weekend is the birthday dinner of the second miss of the Yang family, will you attend?" Lin Lulu came over with coffee and asked tentatively.

"I'm going to attend Miss Du Shiya's birthday dinner on the weekend, who is the second miss of the Yang family?" Ji Lin was a little puzzled.

"Miss Du still admires you so much, it turns out that you don't even know that she is the second miss of the Yang family?"

Guo smirked disdainfully, and the yin and yang weird voice resounded throughout the audience.

"Miss Du is from the Yang family?" Ji Lin frowned, becoming more and more puzzled.

"Du Shiya's maternal family, the Du family, is a family heirloom with poetry and books, and she is quite prestigious in Shudi, she just follows her mother's surname."

Luo Yufeng walked over, first glanced at Guo Smuyi with disdain, and then turned his head and explained to Ji Lin with a smile.

"Could it be the Yang family of the first family in Shudi?" Ji Lin's heart moved, and he asked tentatively.

"When we mention the Yang family in Jinjiang County, we naturally refer to the Jujia family." This time it was Han Yan who spoke.

Although Shu is not an economically strong province, under the wave of western development, it has developed rapidly with each passing day, and the Yang family is also the number one big family in the country.

The upper class is a circle, and the Yulei Group is also a circle, Du Shiya invited all the employees of the archaeological department, and everyone felt very faced.

"Since it's Miss Du's birthday, I will definitely be there then." Ji Lin nodded.

"It's a pity that I have to agree to my daughter to go to Disney in the magic capital on the weekend, Ji Lin, you can help me give a gift." Han Yan handed over a red envelope.

"I have something to do over the weekend, Ji Lin, I'm sorry for you." While speaking, Lu Yufeng handed over a red envelope.

"I'm sorry." Then, as if agreed, everyone entrusted Ji Lin to hand it over to Du Shiya.

Among them, it naturally includes Shangguan Xue and Guo Deyi.

However, Lin Lulu showed interest in going to the banquet with Ji Lin.

"Ji Lin, the Du family and the Yang family are all my Shu clan, but unfortunately I'm not interested in the little girl, you have to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

After leaving this meaningful sentence, Guo sneered and walked away.